@think_you_know_music: Stetsasonic formed in Brooklyn around 1979–1981 and performed with actual musicians alongside MCs and DJs. * They incorporated drums, keyboards, bass and other live instrumentation into their hip-hop performances. * Their 1985 debut album On Fire helped establish the idea of a rap group functioning like a traditional band. * They themselves promoted the idea that they were “the first rap band.” * However, there were earlier hip-hop acts and party bands using live musicians, so saying they were literally the first group ever to combine live instruments with rap is difficult to prove. #rap #hiphopmusic #funk #oldschoolmusic

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